Insole.



PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908.

J. VON BRAOHT.

' INSULE.

APPLIGATIOK nun JULY 26. 1907.

BEST AVAILABLE copy nature of a detachabie' or separate member afford anelastic cushionin device wvbich illustrated a simple and preferred formU. We

'State of Georgia, have invented new and pleteor a partial sole; that isto say, the

.the shoes, thus furnishing an effective means forchecking theobjectionable perspiration Sr; was

. ATENi GFEICE.

.lOSEFH "OX BRACHT, OFSAYANXAH, GEORGIA, ASSIGXOR 0F ONE-HALF "0 HERMASlQlM, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

Insure.

Patented Aug. 11, 19025.

Application filed July 26,. 1907. Serial at. 385,703

Be it known that I, Josnru voN Bnscnr, l

a citizen of the United States, residing at l Savannah, 1n the county ofChatham and useful Improvements in insoles, of which the following is aspecification, i

This invention relates to inner soles adapted to be used in boots andshoes, and it has forritsobjects to simplify and improve theconstruction andoperation of this class of devices.

The invention consists riniarily in an inner solewhich niav be in t enature of a comrinciple. of the invention may be applied to lialf solesand to heel cushions as well as to complete soles; said inner sole beingin the which may be placed loosely within a boot or shoe, or which ma besecured, if desired, against displacement in any suitable manner.

Among the objects. of the invention are to will Iorm a relief for tenderieet. Another object is to provide a non-con ducting device wherebyextremes of temerature will be prevented from affecting the eet oi thewearer.

Still another object is to provide'a ventilating device permittin air tocirculate be tween the soles of the icet and the soles of of the feet towhich many are subject. A further obiectof the invention is to provide ameans which may readily and conveniently be chemically treated ormedicated in l the application of treatment to the feet.

Still further ob'ccts of' the invention will behereinaiter in ydescribed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been .-F r'lin invention; it being,however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the recisestructural details therein exhibited, utihat changes, alterations andmodifications within the scope of the invention maybe-resorted to whendesired.

In t wing, Figure 1 is a plan view of i an inner sole constructed inaccordance with g the inventiomscvcrul of the layersoi, thc

malerial oi vhich it is comp scdjuiviic been ly removed for the purposeof clearly;

treated with illustrating the construction. F 2 is a transversesectional view, enlarged. taken on the plane indicated by the line inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional detail view llustrating amodification.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharactersof reference.

The base of the improved inner sole consists of a stripl of leather,textile or other suitable flexible nmterial. This base. which is shapedto lit within the shoe in connection with which. it is to be used, andwhich, as above stated, may forn a part of a complete or of a partialsole, serves to support a cellulur frame section 2 which may be regardedas constituting a siteiciou oi the (imicc, and which may be pressed,molded, or otherwise shaped or formed of any suitable materialpossessing sufficient rigidity and resiliency for the purposes of theinvention, such as leather or pa )er which may. be suitably lue, rubberor any other suitable material or composition of matter whereby thenecessary qualities of stillness and resiliency shall be impactedthereto; it being understood however that any suitable material may beemployed-in the construction of said skeleton. The latter, in thepreferred form illustrated in the drawing, is provided with corrugationsfm'ming ribs and intervening spaces, which ribs and spaces may beV-shnpcd as shown in Fi '2, U-shnped as shown in Fig. 3, or ofany otucrdesired shu'ic. or outline. This cellular frame is to glued, cemented orothcwliscv secured upon the base 1, and the spaces between the ribsadjacent to the upper side of the base. constitute air spaces 3, whilethe cells or spaces" 4 intermediate the ribs and adjacent to the upperside of the skeleton 2 serve for the reception of-ufi ing 5 which mayconsist of cork, Wood or iibrous material, or of ,any

if i f.

Apertures 10-11, registering with the aper-' tures T, are formed in thestrips 8 and 9 respectiyely. The external covering strip 9 may howeverbe dispensed with, if desired within the scope of the invention.

Frornthe foregoing description taken in connection with the. drawingshereto annexed,'the operation and advantages of this invention will bereadily understood. The improved inner sole is constructed in such amanner-that it will possess in high degree the requisites of resiliencyand adaptability to the feet of the wearer as well as non-conducfreecirculation of air adjacent to the feet of the wearer is permitted. Thedevice may be constructed at a moderate expense, and it is thoroughlyefficient for the purposes for which it is rovided. Havirn t we fullydescribed the invention what is c laimed as new is:

1. An inner sole for boots and shoes comrising a top layer provided withopenings, a

ottom layer, a corrugated frame between said layers providing uppercells between the openings in the top layer and lower cells p vided attheir apices with openings between the upper cells and eonnnunieatingnith the openings in the top layer, and a fil ing of nonconductingmaterial in the upper ce ls.

2. An inner sole for boots and shoes comprising a bottom layer, a toplayer formed with perforations, a cellular frame between said layers,said frame being corrugated to provide sets of alternately arrangedupper and lower cells between the same and the respective layers, thelower cells being open and provided with apertures in the apices thereofregistering with the apertures in the top layer, and a filling ofnon-conducting material in the u per cells.

In testimony w ereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH VON BRACHT. Witnesses F. U. BUSH, c HERMAN RosENHnm.

